Divisions

The North Carolina Association for Career Technical Education (NCACTE) is the professional organization for North Carolina Educators associated with Career-Technical Education. In this capacity the organization will serve as a unifying agency for personnel in all types of Career and Technical Education. Further NCACTE will assume and maintain active state leadership in initiating, expanding, improving, and promoting Career and Technical Education. Within the structure of NCACTE are different divisions of Career and Technical Education designed to embrace all those interested in Career and Technical Education in the state of North Carolina. These divisions assist with an open state forum to promote, study, and discuss any issue involved in Career and Technical Education.

Division Presidents/NCACTE V-P 2026-2027

Dominique Bates

Administration

dominique_bates@pender.k12.nc.us
Alex Silliman

Agriculture Education

sillimanat@rss.k12.nc.us
Tracy Skeens

Business/Marketing Education

teskeens@gmail.com
Melanie Smith 

Counseling & Career Development

mesmith@lenoir.k12.nc.us
Larry Clark

Curriculum & Instructional Management

lclark1@harnett.k12.nc.us
Michelle Derouin

Family & Consumer Sciences Education

michelle_derouin@abss.k12.nc.us
Shalinda Witcher

Health Science Education

sdwitcher@wsfcs.k12.nc.us
Barbara Lee

New & Related Services

barbara.lee@jonesnc.net
Pam Gibson

PACE

gibsonp@faytechcc.edu
Amanda Penegar

Technology Education

amanda.penegar@nhcs.net
Helgaard Vorster

Trade & Industrial Education

helgaard.vorster@carteretk12.org
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